A, Ei, Bi, Be, Ci, Ce, Si, Di, De.
How do Italians pronounce the alphabet?
Watch this video!
Benvenuti sul mio canale, Il Maestro. In today's video, we will learn the Italian alphabet together.
A note before we start:
this is only the first one of a series
with which we will learn how to pronounce sounds and fix common mistakes
that foreign speakers of Italian usually make.
Allora, pronti?
The Italian alphabet has 21 letters
that is 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 16 consonants.
Italian, unlike English for example, is a phonetic language
which means it's written the way it sounds, and vice versa obviously.
Buoni, where are you going?
Don't move!
It's not a good excuse for not practising Italian pronunciation
because I can guarantee you that there are word combinations
which are still quite challenging for all of us. Us, Italians included.
Now make yourself comfortable, grab a cup of tea, a beer maybe...
if it's 6 pm.
If it's 6 am... do whatever you want, I am not here to judge you.
I am here because we will start reading the alphabet out loud.
I will repeat each letter twice and
I will pause for a bit after the second time so that you can repeat with me.
Allora, pronti? Iniziamo:
Your turn now.
Out loud, come one.
Don't be shy!
Bravi, we also have imported words from other languages,
which means we have had to incorporate
some other letters into our Italian alphabet.
Vediamo:
Allora, let's now try one more time at normal speed.
Don't wait for me, say the letters out loud as they appear on the screen.
Bravi, bravi, bravi. What to do now? Keep practising,
re-watch this video as many times as you like.
The earlier that you fix these pronunciation mistakes, the better.
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Dal Maestro è tutto. Mi raccomando: studiate!